In other words, a couple songs about Mistletoe.
According to legend (and wikipedia), in Norse Mythology, Loki tricked the blind god Hodur into murdering Balder with an arrow made of Mistletoe, being the only plant to which Balder was vulnerable. Some versions of the story have mistletoe becoming a symbol of peace and friendship to compensate for its part in the murder. That Loki is always up to something it seems.
Apparently Mistletoe became part of Christmas traditions starting in the 18th century.
“When at Christmas in the hall / The men and maids are hopping,/ If by chance I hear them bawl /Amongst them quick I pop in./ All the men, Jem, John, and Joe,/ Cry, “What good luck has sent ye?”/ And kiss beneath the mistletoe/The girl not turn’d of twenty.. ” song by George Colman the Younger in the musical comedy Two to One (1784)
Those dudes are lucky they lived long ago. They’d get arrested for that behavior nowadays.
Enough of the history lesson. Tonight I’ll feature two songs that sing of the hemiparasitic plant, Mistletoe (The Christmas Sweater Song) from Tenth Avenue North and Under The Mistletoe from Never Shout Never.
Tenth Avenue North is a Christian band from Florida. They released an interesting Christmas record in November of this year, Decade the Halls Volume One. Each song on the record is recorded in a style from each decade beginning in the 1920s all the way through 2010. Interesting concept they actually pull off fairly well. Mistletoe comes in the aught-years of 2000 and is much in the style of Weezer.
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Never Shout Never is a band from Joplin, Missouri. They released The Xmas EP in 2013. Under the Mistletoe features Dia Frampton. If you’re a fan of The Voice, Ms. Frampton was the first runner up of season one of the program.
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Tenth Avenue North – Mistletoe (The Christmas Sweater Song)
Never Shout Never – Under The Mistletoe featuring Dia Frampton
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